Governor: Trump officials view placing migrant kids in foster care equal to family reunification

[pnwmom]

Source: The Hill

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) said Friday that Trump administration officials have told him and his staff that they view placing separated migrant children in foster care as an equivalent to reuniting them with their families.

"The secretary told us on a conference call they do not have an intention to reunify these children with their parents," Inslee said on MSNBC's "All in With Chris Hayes," appearing to refer to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar.

"They're going to call it good if they can find anybody else who can serve as a foster parent or anybody else who can serve as familial relationship, and these kids don't even know these strangers," he continued.


Inslee claimed that the Trump administration doesn't plan on complying with a court order requiring that officials reunify all of the immigrant children separated from their families at the border under a since-ended Trump policy.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/395912-washington-governor-trump-admin-views-placing-immigrant-kids-in

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My office recently learned the shocking revelation from @HHSGov that reunification could mean placing a separated child with ANY long-term sponsor -- regardless of whether it's their parents, other family in the US, family back in their home country or in long-term foster care.

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If true, this interpretation blatantly ignores the terms of the court order. The federal government has also recently admitted that reunification is being used as a bargaining chip to induce parents to agree to voluntary deportation.

We cannot trust that these families will actually be reunified. Today I led a group of six governors in demanding @HHSGov & @DHSgov take responsibility for the dire effects of the "zero-tolerance policy" and trauma inflicted on nearly 3,000 children. https://www.governor.wa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/letters/DemGovLetteronFamilyReunification.pdf …

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. After all the "family values" BS Republicans churn out, they're the ones who don't care

about families in the least.

[joshdawg]

3. Heck, they haven't cared about "family values" for decades.

All they do is talk about them, but take no action to back up their talk, aka spin, b.s., lies, etc.

[maxrandb]

15. Family values are only for white conservative families

According to Retrumplicans.

Remember, their KKK base has been told for the past 30 years on over 1,200 radio stations that you and I have a mental disorder.

Local radio stations should be surrounded by thousands of protesters every day

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Children are lost into that system. In a couple of years abuse reports will come in.

The Trump Child Abductions will be found to have a been a bonanza for sexual predators.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Baby Snatchers

No amount of scorn is enough

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

5. K&R

[localroger]

6. This is my shocked face

Oh wait, I wore that out eight months ago. This is just my oh Gawd more of this shit face.

[Achilleaze]

7. Disgusting. Republicans lied again about destroying families

republican lies are dangerous
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[RKP5637]

8. The GOP is a pack of barbarians. n/t

[duforsure]

9. Can't the parents lawyers file civil lawsuits asking for huge amounts from trump

For pain and suffering , forcing them into court for allowing this to continue after this court ruling?

[lark]

11. Sounds like a great idea to me.

I, not being a lawyer, don't know if they can file suit since they aren't citizens of this country? If they can, I hope some ambitious lawyer, ahem Avenatti, will agree to take on th challenge. Think it would also be good press for him, suing orange assface for the emotional grief, and any real harm, that come to these children and their parents in drumpfs' child stealing scheme.

[eppur_se_muova]

10. It's even better -- now they can make white children out of them.

Kick the brown, non-English speaking parents out of the country; assimilate the brown kids into WASP culture. That's their solution.

[Sunlei]

12. Trumps policies over these past couple months cost Americans billions we NEED elsewhere!

trump bankrupts every damn business he touches!

[madaboutharry]

13. They do not see these people as equal human beings.

They viewed them as lesser people and treated them like cattle.

And that is the truth.

[BigmanPigman]

14. "Look at his eyes", Stephen Miller's mom told

the Maternity Ward nurse on the day he was spawned. Miller had/has "lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eye. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'. Until he bites ya and those black eyes roll over white".

Miller planned this for a year. It is his life's dream. He hates brown people...even made a speech about how inferior they are while still in High School. They have spent 12 months finding and obtaining land and staff to build and pay for the detention camps. They made contracts with businesses, put people on the ground, trained them...all to separate the kids and NEVER EVER was there the desire to reunite them Why should they...they are not people to Miller and his Neo Nazi/SS wanna bes. They are animals to these fascists.